PSYCH 1FF3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Prenatal Development, Development Studies, Habituation
11 Dec 2019
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Gene environment interactions across an individual"s lifespan. Refers to the change and continuities that occur within the individual between conception and death. Evolution: gene-environment interactions across the evolutionary history of a species. Neuroscience: the study of the nervous system. Two different processes that lead to development change are: Maturation: the biologically times unfolding of changes within the individual according to that individual"s genetic plan. Influenced by specific environmental conditions that shape the genetically-determined processes. Learning: relatively permanent changes in our thoughts, behaviours, and feelings as a result of our experiences. The acquisition of neuronal representations of new information. Ex. not touching a hot stove, looking both ways before crossing etc. You can control these learning processes but it can be so practised that it becomes automatic. Interactionist perspective: the view that holds that maturation and learning interact during development. It plays an important role in understanding inherited traits, prenatal development and how our nervous system develops across a lifespan.
